Scope and content
Files with biographical information; information about Green Cure; some correspondence with former graduate students; reprints of articles, including a biography of Cynthia Westcott; letters, clippings, and medal from Warsaw Agricultural University; and letters, programs, and clippings for the Washington High School award.
Also, two books (cataloged separately): Pioneering Women in Plant Pathology, edited by Jean Beagle Restaino, with his article about Westcott; and The Burger King: Jim McLamore and the Building of an Empire, with information about McLamore's time at Cornell and his relationship with H. H. Whetzel.
Dates
- 1975-2013.
Creator
Language of Material
In English.
Biographical / Historical
Ken Horst is Professor Emeritus of Plant Pathology, Cornell University, where he has been since 1968. He also serves as President and CEO of H & I Agritech, Inc. Ithaca, NY, a company that makes and markets Green Cure, an organic fungicide. He has written or edited numerous books and articles on plant pathology, including the 4th through 8th editions of Westcott's Plant Disease Handbook, 1979-2013, with associated field manuals. In 2000, he was awarded the "Distinguished Citizen Award' from his high school and in 1996 a medal from the Warsaw Agricultural University at the 75th anniversary of the Faculty of Horticulture. His particular research interest has been directed towards diseases caused by virus and virus-like agents and vascular wilt pathogens.
Extent
.2 cubic feet. (.2 cubic feet.)
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Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
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